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Cabarrus EDC Hosts First Annual Cabarrus Industry Race Challenge <br />Over 125 people from 35 companies gathered at K1 Speed on Thursday, April 19th to attend the first annual Cabarrus <br />Industry Race Challenge. The challenge was created to celebrate and show appreciation for Cabarrus County <br />manufacturers and distributors. <br />"Cabarrus Economic Development was honored to host such a <br />great event for our industries and community leaders," said Robert <br />Carney, executive director of Cabarrus Economic Development. <br />"Our goal was to bring these two groups together and have some <br />fun. We accomplished this goal and are looking forward to growing <br />this event in the years to come:' <br />Leadership and employees from companies all throughout <br />Cabarrus County participated in the challenge at KI Speed. The <br />challenge featured go-karts that go up to 45 miles per hour. Fun -Tees <br />Afinished in first place. PRO-FABrication and Windsheartook home <br />second place and third place, respectively. <br />Lynne Butler, operations managerfor Fun -Tees, said, "We were super excited to be a part of first annual Cabarrus Industry <br />Race Challenge -- and even more excited that we won! It was great <br />to we the diversification of businesses in Cabarrus County andr.. .� <br />the representation of their companies."She added,"This event ly <br />showed whywe should be proud of doing business in Cabarrus • - ,r <br />3' <br />County. We lookforward to defending ourtitle next year!" <br />Afterthe industries completed their heats, elected officialsfrom <br />Cabarrus County and its five municipalities (Concord, Harris- <br />burg, Kannapolis, Midland and Mount Pleasant) competed for <br />the title of fastest government in Cabarrus County. Ryan Day - <br />vault, councilman for the City of Kannapolis, took home first <br />place for Kannapolis <br />Click here to read more. <br />OTHER NEWS <br />• Check out our latest blog post <br />• NC Remains Among Top 5 States for Attracting New and <br />Growing Corporate Facilities <br />7 INDUSTRY VISITS <br />(2 FOLLOW-UPS) <br />ULr� C PARTNER <br />lv MEETINGS <br />• <br />Checkout and follow Go Bold's Facebook to stav up-to-date—/� /� A SOLUTIONS <br />on all the latest news and lob fairs in Cabarrus County J L 4 PROVIDED <br />Cabarrus Economic Development Team <br />Robert Carney, Jr., Executive Director, rcarney@cabarrus.biz <br />Samantha Grass, Recruitment Project Manager, sgrass@cabarrus.biz <br />LeeAnn Nixon, Existing Industry Project Manager, Inixon@cabarrus.biz <br />Josh Fernandez, Research & Marketing Coordinator, jfernandez@cabarrus.biz <br />3003 Dale Earnhardt Blvd, Suite 2, Kannapolis, NC 28083 1 (704) 782-4000 1 www.cabarrusedc.com <br />In © IM Attachment numbed \n <br />Page 210 <br />